What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Very Sexy!

 

Right on time.

 

Nice Chukka boots, they almost match the purse. But seriously, that’s a great deal for a set of sliders. Let us know how they hold up on obstacles.

 

Very interested in how things turn out. Considering a CB instead of the current handheld Cobra. Please keep us posted.

 

I have a 30-year-old hand-help CB unit that can connect to car-DC-port or batteries and it sits in my truck. I bought it mainly for trips I took decades ago between Indiana and west coast ... times were different then with several "next gas 50 miles" locations that were NOT exaggeration. I did have to scrape some corrosion off the battery contacts about 6 months ago because of years of non-use.

 

My set are rechargeable battery powered handhelds. Yours is probably much better. Does it use an external antenna?

 

Yes ... 2 ft extendable that can be screwed into the unit AND a connectable magnetic base that can be put on the vehicle (screw the antenna into the base) that attaches to the handheld.

Clearly not supposed to be integrated into the truck, unless I customize a connection from the outside to inside and have a real-truck-mount antenna on the outside.

Still ... when my cellphone has no bars it is a chance ...

EDIT: The paperwork says "1987". I wonder if they would still honor warranty issues?

 

Pre Christmas tree hunting session

 

Sounds like a good option. I’ve had CBs in the past that require a fixed antenna and sometimes it’s a PIA to get them dialed in.

Thanks for the input. It’s definitely appreciated.

 

I cannot give more field reports on it. I co-worker borrowed it back in 1990-ish for a long cross-country drive with friends and did not say "failure". Still I guess I should actually test it in the conditions I would need it ...

 

I have had a couple of occasions at our local SVRA where there are a lot of people playing around in the obstacle courses but when I head up the trails won’t see another soul. Kind of unsettling if one were to get stuck on on one of the black diamond trails all alone. No bars on the cell phone either.

 

There is a black diamond trail that has a parking lot requiring 4WD to reach (road is mostly just rolling but has a few small cliffs and sandy stretches). Parking lot has always been empty or just one other vehicle each time. Not a good place to fall off the side of the trail down 100 ft.

 

Love the XD..."Ideal for those that live with magazine restrictions"....Like for junk mail???

 

Meso Customs Key Fob Version 2 & new keychain

 

Some of the black diamond trails are steep with loose rock and sheer drops on one side of 300-400’. And hopefully on the trails that are not directional you don’t run into anyone…because someone is backing up. Not a fun time.

 

The trails I choose make me hope I never add "bled all over my truck" to this thread.

 

Amen brother! It can get sketchy real quick.

 

Please tell me your call name was little beaver.

 

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Just messin dude, it was from Smokey and the bandit